Category Archives: tutorial

Jet-Lag Office Day

Phew!  Just got back last night from a commercial shoot in France & Switzerland (as well as spending a couple weeks of personal time in Norway, Paris, Andermatt, & Como), which was just the first of three stages on as many continents.  I fly out again Monday morning for stage 2 in Oregon, then stage [...]

retouching clips

My father is an ophthalmologist, so naturally my childhood was spent watching cataract surgery videos with dad (accounting for probably half of the movies I had ever seen before I turned 20).  I guess the basic idea was that there’s something to be learned by watching a huge, unblinking eyeball on the screen get poked around [...]

Switchman Studio: Organization

I often get asked which Adobe Photoshop actions I use to get ‘that look’.  While I’m not really sure what constitutes ‘that look’, the short answer is: none.  My opinion is that images should be dealt with on their own terms.  Automation, at least when it comes to photography, is bound to eventually reduce quality. [...]